62 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [RULL. 37 
MOUND NO. 2 
Mound no. 2 was a hundred yards west of no. 1. Its diameter was 
55 and height 8 feet. 
Distant 6 feet northeast of the center was the outer edge of a rectan- 
gular grave 8 feet-2 inches northwest and southeast, 2 feet 8 inches 
wide, and 16 inches deep. The bottom had been lined with wood, on 
which lay an extended skeleton, with the head toward the northwest. 
Most of this had disappeared; the feet bones were solid, while the 
other bones remaining had become progressively softer. The skull 
had entirely disappeared, only one tooth, worn to the gums, remain- 
ing. Against the instep of the right foot, which was turned outward, 
lay the top of the skull of a child about 4 years old; though it was 
soft and crushed, most of it was still present. Only here and there, — 
however, could be found a fragment of the rest of the frame. Some 
large solid teeth, not much worn, lay at the center of the grave, but 
there was no trace of a skeleton to which these could have belonged. 
They probably represented all that was left of a skull deposited with 
the two bodies mentioned. 
At the center was a grave, nearly rectangular, with rounded corners, 
though rather irregular in outline, the sides and ends not being 
straight either horizontally or vertically; its length, northwest and 
southeast, was 9 feet at the top, 8 feet 2 inches on the bottom, its 
width 3 feet at the top, 2 feet 8 inches on the bottom, and its depth 2 
feet. In this grave, with its head to the west, was a skeleton 5 feet 8 
inches long, lying extended on the back; the teeth indicated consid- 
erable age. The bones of the skull, arms, and legs still held their 
shape; other bones were more or less decayed, and none were solid 
except some phalanges. The larger bones were rough, as if from 
rheumatism, and a joint of one finger was completely anchylosed. 
Six feet from the south edge of the central grave was the north edge 
of a third grave parallel with it; this was 9 feet long, 3 feet 8 inches 
wide, and 15 inches deep. In it lay two skeletons side by side, with 
the heads toward the west, extended on their backs, the faces being 
turned toward each other. Only fragments of bones remained, and 
these were crushed flat. The teeth of one skull were worn to the 
gums; those of the other were much less worn. 
At the west end of the grave, beyond and between the skulls, and at 
a little higher level, were several pieces of a pot which had been inten- 
tionally “killed”? by knocking out the bottom from the inside. 
The three graves were made at intervals in the order here given. 
The earth from the first was thrown over the space later used for the 
second, and earth from this, in turn, over the site of the third. 
Four feet higher than the last grave, over the eastern end of it, was 
the skeleton of a child. 
